{"id":2793,"date":"2026-07-19T04:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2026-07-19T04:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:35:03","slug":"voting-machines-tested-ahead-of-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2793","title":{"rendered":"Voting machines tested ahead of primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; With the primary election approaching, state elections officials are preparing by testing vote-counting equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2791\">Victim\u2019s family seeks traffic changes 100 days after Makiki hit-and-run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Office of Elections held a logic and accuracy test Saturday at the State Capitol to ensure the system is counting ballots correctly. <\/p>\n<p>Official observers got test ballots, marked them, and then ran them through the counting machine to test accuracy and ensure the machines are programmed correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Elections officials said removing human error from vote-counting is important.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMachines are accurate, machines are objective. Anytime you add humans, you got the element of human error,\u201d said Scott Nago, Hawaii\u2019s chief elections officer.<\/p>\n<p>Nago said the count is monitored by official observers representing political parties and the public.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2789\">Ballet Hawaii marks 50 years, next generation prepares to take the stage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything we do in the counting process is under the watch of official observers who are members of the eyes and ears of the political parties, the public, anybody who is interested in the elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just organized chaos. And we\u2019ve done it so many years. It\u2019s really, we\u2019ve gotten used to it,\u201d Nago added.<\/p>\n<p>Primary election ballots have begun going out in the mail to Hawaii voters and are expected to arrive by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2787\">Moped rider critically injured after crash in Maili<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All ballots for the primary election must be received by 7 p.m. Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Elections held a logic and accuracy test Saturday at the State Capitol to ensure the system is counting ballots correctly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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